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It is not an attempt to distract, but to draw out one aspect of the politicisation of science that has surrounded Covid. Meanwhile, and referencing one of the authors of the BMJ article I linked, evidence of the views on vaccination of the GBD lead authors -...

Truth is no slur

I’d be asking that question of anywhere; it’s a failure of building codes that they’ve been allowed to be built with so little ventilation and air circulation, but it’s for the organisation to address the problem. It just happens, in my daughter’s school’s case anyway, to be Covid that has...

Thank you for the constructive criticism, as usual. Regarding your dismissal of my reference to engaging Naomi Wolf, I take the view that actions speak louder than words. Wolf is not just “somebody unsavoury” (though that’s a good description of her), but has been a very high profile...

The linked article refers, quite literally, to the authors of GBS - Gupta, Kulldorf and Bhattacharya. Who are the ones described in the tweets at that round table. As for AIER, my primary evidence is in their appointment of well known left wing feminist Naomi Wolf following her extensive...

That’s true - but the links do exist

I’m not sure, and I suspect the school will have little scope for change. But if levels are that high, then the school are providing an unhealthy environment, regardless of Covid. Sick building syndrome isn’t so often mentioned lately, but excessive CO2 is a factor in that. I presume ppm, but...

I think, sadly, you give them too much benefit of the doubt. The AIER (the neocon think tank that fostered GBD) has been actively anti vax, while this BMJ article is clear that the thinkers have opposed vaccination:

My daughter’s classroom was fitted with a CO2 monitor recently. A “green” reading is <2000; hers was 4000. I have plenty of times suffered airless rooms, where I’ve felt tired and inattentive regardless of my underlying state. That they also act as traps for airborne disease (and not just...

It also makes no sense to me, but a trawl of social media will quickly find examples. My main conclusion is that the opposition is to public health efforts, and that opposition to masks and vaccines aligns there. For that reason, though I agree that the extremes are less evident here than in...

Just on a point of detail, Buchanan was a Republican presidential hopeful who energised the conservative right 20 and 30 years ago, creating a narrative of culture war. One thread - of several - in the political battles around vaccination and masking is the determination of the Republican right...

Let’s just say that as a parent or as a governor, I would be extremely unhappy with any teacher saying that.

We must be reading different media then - the access to GPs and the BMA’s dispute with the government has been a major thread in the media coverage I’ve been seeing.

Pure anecdata, but I observed a material change in mask prevalence over the last 24 hours. The event I attended and helped at yesterday strongly promoted mask wearing*, and a majority of those I saw wore masks. Shopping in town today, masks were much more evident than a week ago. * - for those...

Indeed - but an effect that is age independent.